1. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Stem Cell Research
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

2. What is a STEM CELL?
A cell from a human that can become ANY cell in the body
Sources:
Cord Blood
Adult sources
Aborted Fetuses
Aborted are the most desirable (work the best)

5. Obvious Promise: These are being cured NOW!!! Cure Diseases Diabetes
Parkinson's
Certain Blindnesses
Fractures
Tissue transplants
Heart attack damage
Heart disease
Leukemia
Radiation Poisoning (infection)
These are being cured NOW!!!

6. Other potential cures:
Multiple Sclerosis
Lou Gehrig’s
Huntington’s Disease
Nerve Damage
Hypoxia (lack of air)
Severed / paralysis
Stroke

8. With all this promise, why the question?
Obvious reasons that involve the embryo
Rights
Life?
Unwilling donor?
Method can be considered human cloning
Example:

11. Pros & Cons